Letter from Warren Johnston to Bobby [Letter 176]

Letter from Warren Johnston to Bobby [Letter 176]

#129 Wednesday Febr. 7:40 am Darling, Last night an English class and a movie for the children. Waking up this morning was amusing. Charlie, accompanied by Riley Ewing, had been out for dinner and the evening to give one of his lectures on the gooks. (When they came out here by ship some months ago - a long passage - he got in a way of lecturing in Japanese history and politics - as funny as the observation on how much he knows about them are. That was in addition to the language classes that all of the Boulder men taught. Gradually his fame spread, and since more of the personnel on the island have no contact with the civilians here. They are curious to hear about them. Charlie is as good a man to represent us in that respect as anyone here). The amusing thing was simply his description of the way he was handed one, two, three…drinks before dinner at the Officers’ Club (he had 5 altogether), got to feeling wonderful, and then had to give a lecture to a couple of thousand men, having difficulty staying on the subject and also, in the middle of it, keeping from hiccoughing. He seems to have made out all right, and they both had a wonderful time. Much too briefly but with no less Love Warren

1945-02-07

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